Pseudophilotes abencerragus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pseudophilotes

Similar Pseudophilotes panoptes, Pseudophilotes, Tarucus theophrastus, Polyommatus albicans, Polyommatus nivescens

Pseudophilotes abencerragus, the false baton blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa, Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May.

The larvae feed on Cleonia lusitanica, Thymus vulgaris, Medicago cf. turbinata, Medicago hispidus, Thymus cf. hirtus, Salvia taraxacifolia and Thymus fontanesii.

Subspecies

Pseudophilotes abencerragus abencerragus

Pseudophilotes abencerragus felix Manil, 2006 (Morocco)

Pseudophilotes abencerragus nabataeus (Graves, 1925) (Saudi Arabia, northern Sinai, the Negev, Jordan)

References

Pseudophilotes abencerragus Wikipedia

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